Whitman's Samplers came adorned with a pink paper carnation to give to mothers who had living mothers; with a white carnation for those whose mothers had passed on.
For those who still have their mothers, or who are mothers themselves, or who mother others who aren’t their children,
To my mother, thanks for having me. If you like, you can read a little bit about my mother’s life as a mother here and her life as a consignment shop owner in the 1950’s here.
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, Slices of (my) life |
I
just saw an immaculate pair of
marketed by a very sleek consignment shop. Beautiful shoes. I saw these shoes because of a tantalizing tweet. But oops… the shop directed me to a photo of these shoes on yfrog. Apparently, yfrog is a free app.
1- There was no way to buy these, or ask the shop to hold them until I could make it in. All I could do was drool.
2- There was no link on yfrog or the tweet back to the shop’s (very professional) site. Heck, there wasn’t even a CLUE as to where these shoes could be obtained. So the business didn’t gain an ounce of recognition for having these incredible shoes.
And on top of THAT? Turns out, in fact, that said site says “back soon” (I guess they had to take it down to redesign it? NOT. Any web master that says so is either lazy or not attuned to marketing or dumb.) Site message says nothing about how the shop could still be followed on FB or Twitter.
3- Meanwhile, their FB page (found only because I was doing my Sherlock Holmes impersonation) didn’t say diddley about the site being unusable. The Twitter site sends folks off into the unusable web site (don’t they know that just in case, this can be changed for a length of time, if necessary?). What a fiasco. Especially because this shop has a big fashion show coming up the day before Mother’s Day (Marvelous promo…great day for a fashion show… what a nice M-Day gift for their clients to give!)
4-The ad right next to the photo of these elegant shoes on yfrog? It read:
Not the image they were going for, I suspect.
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(and if we are talented consignment, resale, thrift shopkeepers as well) we have some great merchandise to take quick shots of so we can post them online. Let me show you how much
Photo’s great but darn those fluorescents. They make Continue Reading »
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk | 8 Comments »
We’re always delighted to have another reason to celebrate,and Cinco de Mayo is a good one. When else can we wear huarches, rebozos, drink beer with lime and eat Mexican food… I mean, in places like Idaho and Ontario. Down here in Florida, all that’s an everyday fiesta!
So, to thank our southern neighbor for giving us an excuse to party, let’s Continue Reading »
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Let’s say you’re at the absolute lowest point in your price markdowns at the end of a season or marketing cycle. How do you move the final dregs?
Maybe you’re thinking of a Dollar Rack or a BOGO event, or you are contemplating a 99-cent sale. Or a bag sale or a rack/ table on your sidewalk or in the basement. Thing is, you basically just want Continue Reading »
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk | Tagged markdowns, selling | 4 Comments »
Too Good to be Threw is the flagship site of the TGtbT Family of Sites for the Professional Resalers
Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 